Amusement device.



G. O. BOSWORTH.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1913.

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Patented Jan. 13', 1914.

TATE PATENT @FFICE.

CHARLES OLSON BOSWORTH, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES O. Bos- WORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in amusement devices.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple device wherein the motion of swinging is simulated with a car and track.

Another object is to provide simple means for raising the car to one end of the track in connection with means for tripping the first means to release the car.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, the car being in the central portion of the track. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a similar section showing the car ready to be tripped. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail plan of the holding device in operative position. Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view taken on a line in front of the car in Fig. 1 looking toward the ear.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents a plurality of uprights which support a curved track 11, this track being a long are and having its ends extending upwardly, a car 12 being arranged on the track and adapted to be pulled up to one end of the curve, and then released, so that it will roll back and forth on the curve until it settles by gravity at the bottom or center of the track. ll'iounted on the forward end of the car is a bracket 13 to which is pivoted a bifurcated member 14., the outer ends of the bifurcations of which are provided with rollers 15, the purpose of which will appear later. Formed in the center of the member 14, adjacent its pivot point, is-a T-shaped recess 16, which receives a T-shaped grapple 17 carried by a cable 18. This cable passes over a pulley 19 arranged Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 30, 1913.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Serial No. 764,674.

below the center of the track and has one end attached to a winding drum 20, after first passing over a guiding and supporting pulley 21 carried at the upper end of one of the tallest uprights 10. Attached to the end of the cable which carries the T-shaped member 17 is another cable 22 which is also wound on the drum 20, but in a reverse direction. At the upper part of track, adjacent the pulley 21 are the trip, members 23, these members being attached to a cross strip 2 1 and having outwardly and forwardly curved flanges 25. These members 23 are arranged in parallel spaced relation to permit the member 17 to pass therebe tween when released from the car, as will appear in the description of operation. Springs 26 are secured at their ends, respectively, to the bifurcated member 14: and t0 the car, so that said member 14. is drawn normally into elevated position.

In the operation of the device, the car being in the position shown in Fig. 1, the T-shaped member 17 is engaged in the reeess 16, and then the drum 2O rotated by any suitable means' The rotation of the drum causes the winding of the cable 18, and the unwinding of the cable 22, and by virtue of the engagement of the member 17 with the member 14-, the car will be drawn to the upper end of the track. As the car approaches the upper end of the track, the rollers 15 engage under the flanges 25 and are depressed, causing the member 14: to be pushed down so that it is released from the member 17. This permits the car to roll down the curve of the track with sufficient velocity to pass the center or lowest portion of the track, and up the curve at the other side of the center, and returning past the center to the first part of the track until gravity overcomes the momentum and causes it to come to rest at the center of the track. Thus is produced a motion back and forth similar to the motion in a swing.

I wish it understood that I may make minor changes in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. For instance, I may make the car curved to conform to the track. I may elevate the sides of the structure to hide the running gear of the car. Also, I may use only one flange on each of the wheels.

What is claimed is:

1. In an amusement device, a suitably supported arcuate track disposed with its ends above the center thereof, a Winding drum, a cable reversely Wound at its ends on the drum, a pulley at one of the highest points of the track, a pulley at the lowest point of the track, said cable being trained around these pulleys a grapple device carried by the cable, a trip device carried adjacent the track, and means carried by a car for engagement by said grapple to move the car toward the trip device, said car carried means being arranged for engagement With the trip device so that said means will be released from said trip device to permit the car to move by its own momentum.

2. An amusement device comprising an arcuate track suitably supported in a verti- 1,os4,39 o

cal plane With its ends directed upwardly a car movable on the track, a pivoted spring held member carried by the car, means carried by the track for engaging said pivoted means to draw the car to one end of the track, and means carried by the track for moving said pivoted means to release the engaging means to permit the car to move on the track.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES OLSON BOSWORTH.

Yvitnessesz M. E, GRAY, C. J. SMITH.

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